Gobindaganj in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gobindaganj in context

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GobindaganjRangpur (Region)Bangladesh (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gobindaganj plotted against Rangpur and Bangladesh. While Rangpur and Bangladesh both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Gobindaganj's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Gobindaganj's incremental SNDi rose from 2.3 to 6.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gobindaganj ranked 2nd out of 30 cities in Rangpur and 6th out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.0
Rank in Bangladesh
63rd of 234
Rank in Rangpur
12th of 30

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.55
Rank in Bangladesh
6th of 234
Rank in Rangpur
2nd of 30

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GobindaganjYuanyiMinbya

In new street additions, Gobindaganj and Minbya both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Yuanyi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Gobindaganj and Minbya both fluctuated in connectivity, while Yuanyi fluctuated in connectivity. Gobindaganj and Yuanyi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.